Half to julius twi-ss



(No Model.)

T T E. J. FRITSUHE.

LGUIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MAGHINES.

No. 257,932. Patented May 16, 1882'.

. U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. FRITSCHE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JULIUS TWI'SS, OF SAME PLACE.

GUIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,932, dated May 16, 1882.

I Application filed January 9, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. FRirsoHE, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven,

' and in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Folding-Guide for Use with a Sewing-Machine and I hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification and represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views, showing the larger and smaller ends of the scrolls of my improvement. Figs. 3 and 6 are plan views of the upper and lower scrolls, constructed of sheet metal. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a piece of sheet metal to which the scrolls are joined, and is itself attached to or forms part of the bed-plate. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bed-plate, made of brass orother metal. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the scrolls as cut from sheet metal and before being bent. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of my improvement and of the-cloth as it passes through it. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of the entire attachment with the several pieces of cloth in position.

Like letters refer to the same parts in the several figures.

The object of my invention isto fold the edges inwardly of two pieces or layers of cloth and guiding said folded edges one over the other, with the edge of a third piece or layer between them, and the whole being attached to a sewing-machine, so that the two folded edges and the piece between may be stitched together. Said pieces of cloth are not. restrictedin width, and each one may itself vary v in width.

The folding parts of my device are constructed of or from a piece of sheet metal, as seen in Fig. 7, which is doubled, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, so as to form tapering scrollsA a, while one end of said piece of sheet metal is elongated and curved, so as to form a smaller scroll, b, and gage for the end of the cloth.

The scrolls A a are fastened to the plate B, Fig. 4, by means of soldering or riveting, and plate B is itself fastened in the samemanner to the bed-plate C.- Plate B can also be made to form part of plate 0. Plate B acts as a support for the scrolls. C, Fig. 5, represents the bed-plate, in which D is the slot for the 0 reception of set-screw, whereby it is fastened to the table of a sewing-machine in the usual manner.

My invention is particularly useful in joining together the several pieces of cloth re- 5 5 quired in making corsets.

To use my improvement, place it flat upon the table of the sewing-machine, with the small end of the scrolls in front of the needle,

and fasten down by set-screw passed through slot D. Introduce the edges of the cloth to be folded in the larger end of the scrollsAa,

drawing the same through until the needle is reached, and then introduce the piece to be joined in between the scrolls from the right side. As the pieces of cloth are drawn through by the feed motion of the machine and leave the guide atf, Fig. 8, the edges are properly folded, and they, together with the intermediate pieee, are in proper position for being stitched together.

It will be observed that by means of myinvention pieces already stitched together, but. leaving their edges still separate, as in corsets,

part of my improved device interfering with the operation.

What I claim as my invention is-' 1. A folding guide and attachment for sewmay be folded and stitched at the edges, no

ing-machines,com posed of two separate exteri- 8 c or scrolls, A a, tnrnin g in reverse directions and united to and supported by an interior looped plate, B, attached to or forming part of the bed-plate C, substantially as and for the purpose described. 

